Clearview North September 2014 - Issue 154 | Page 23

INDUSTRYNEWS

Solar tops
homeowners’
energy wish-list,
says survey

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Brits think that solar PV is the “ideal”
energy efficiency improvement for a
home, according to a study carried
out by the Energy Saving Trust.

The research surveyed
over 2,000 homeowners
who identified solar PV as
the most desirable energy
addition to their home
if money were no object.
There was, however, a divide
between genders with
men preferring to install
renewables (28%) compared
to women putting doubleglazing top of their energy
wish-list (22%).
When told that renewables
could provide a household
with a combined benefit of
between £750 to £1,500 a
year, 60% of respondents said
that they were interested in
installing renewables. Indeed,
55% said that the addition of
renewables would make them
more likely to consider buying
or renting a property compared
to one that doesn’t.
There still remains a distinct
lack of knowledge over the
support schemes available
to help homeowners invest
in renewables with 55%
unable to identify what the
feed-in tariff scheme was and

83% unable to identify the
renewable heat incentive.
Despite strong interest in
generating their own energy, a
large number of respondents
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